A NET TO CATCH THE WIND

by Margaret Greaves ‧ RELEASE DATE: March 21, 1979

One of those ponderous gossamer tales concocted out of book-language and book-lore. In some abstract royal realm, a silver colt appears to Mirabelle, the daughter of the King. Fearful that her father will want to possess him, she says nothing; but then the King does glimpse the colt, and against the advice of wise old Magus (""His kind must always be free""), determines to capture him--when all else fails, by using Mirabelle as an unwitting lure. She is dismayed, and both colt and girl languish until Mirabelle at last frees him--whereupon the two disappear. Now it's the King's turn to repine (i.e., his anger begins ""to ebb into despair""). He declares an amnesty, as it were, and in due course the pair reappear--the white colt now a unicorn (""The magical unicorn!"" though that's the first we've heard of it) bearing her freely, ""in willing courtesy."" The vaporous full-page and double-page illustrations in shades of gray do indeed match the text--but that's no compliment.

Pub Date: March 21, 1979

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Harper & Row

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: March 1, 1979

Categories: FICTION